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\"Ra\u00fal Gonz\u00e1lez\" redirects here. For other people named Ra\u00fal Gonz\u00e1lez, see Ra\u00fal Gonz\u00e1lez (disambiguation). For the Brazilian football attacking midfielder, see Raul (footballer, born 1981).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gonz\u00e1lez and the second or maternal family name is Blanco.

Ra\u00fal

Ra\u00fal in 2024

Personal information

Full name

\nRa\u00fal Gonz\u00e1lez Blanco^[1]

Date of birth

\n27 June 1977 (age 47)^[1]

Place of birth

\nMadrid, Spain

Height

\n1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)^[2]

Position(s)

\nForward

Team information

Current team

\nReal Madrid B (manager)

Youth career

1987\u20131990

\nSan Crist\u00f3bal

1990\u20131992

\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid

1992\u20131994

\nReal Madrid

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1994

\nReal Madrid C

\n9

\n(16)

1994

\nReal Madrid B

\n1

\n(0)

1994\u20132010

\nReal Madrid

\n550

\n(228)

2010\u20132012

\nSchalke 04

\n66

\n(28)

2012\u20132014

\nAl Sadd

\n39

\n(11)

2014\u20132015

\nNew York Cosmos

\n28

\n(8)

Total

\n693

\n(291)

International career

1994

\nSpain U18

\n2

\n(4)

1995

\nSpain U20

\n5

\n(3)

1995\u20131996

\nSpain U21

\n9

\n(8)

1996

\nSpain U23

\n4

\n(2)

1996\u20132006

\nSpain

\n102

\n(44)

Managerial career

2018\u20132019

\nReal Madrid (youth)

2019\u2013

\nReal Madrid B

Medal record

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Men's football\n
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Representing $\"\"$ Spain\n
UEFA European Under-21 Championship\n
Runner-up	1996 Spain	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ra\u00fal Gonz\u00e1lez Blanco (Spanish pronunciation: [ra\u02c8ul \u0263on\u02c8\u03b8ale\u03b8 \u02c8\u03b2la\u014bko]; born 27 June 1977), known mononymously as Ra\u00fal, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Real Madrid Castilla, the reserve team of La Liga club Real Madrid. Regarded as one of the greatest forwards of all time, during a stage in his career he was simultaneously the all-time top scorer for Real Madrid, the Spain national team, and had the most goals in the UEFA Champions League. Ra\u00fal made over 1,000 appearances in his career.^[3]\n

Ra\u00fal spent 16 years of his career playing for Real Madrid, becoming the holder for most appearances with the club (741). With Los Blancos, he won six La Liga titles, three Champions Leagues, four Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a titles, one UEFA Super Cup, and two Intercontinental Cups. In 2001, he was runner-up in the Ballon d'Or, and two years later became captain of Real Madrid. Ra\u00fal left the club in 2010 with 323 goals scored for them,^[4] signing for Bundesliga side Schalke 04. He won a DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup in Germany^[5] before moving to Qatari club Al Sadd and then American club New York Cosmos. For Spain, Ra\u00fal scored 44 goals in 102 appearances and is regarded as one of his nation's greatest ever players. He represented La Roja in three FIFA World Cups and two UEFA European Championships, being named in the Euro Team of the Tournament for 2000. He became the captain of the national team in 2002 and retired from international football in 2006. \n

One of the most successful players in Champions League history, Ra\u00fal was named the UEFA Club Forward of the Year three years in a row (1999\u20132000, 2000\u201301 and 2001\u201302) and was the top goalscorer in the competition in 1999\u20132000 and 2000\u20132001. He was named the top international goalscorer in the world by International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 1999. Further awards include two Pichichi trophies, five Don Bal\u00f3n Awards, and the Best Player award at the 1998 Intercontinental Cup. In 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players and was named in UEFA\u2019s list of the 50 best European players of the 1954\u20132004 period. He was named in the European Team of the Year by European Sports Media in 1997, 1999, and 2000.^[6]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	Continental^[b]\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division\n	Apps\n	Goals\n	Apps\n	Goals\n	Apps\n	Goals\n	Apps\n	Goals\n	Apps\n	Goals\n
Real Madrid C\n	1994\u201395\n	Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B\n	9	16	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	9	16\n
Real Madrid B\n	1994\u201395\n	Segunda Divisi\u00f3n\n	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	1	0\n
Real Madrid\n	1994\u201395\n	La Liga\n	28	9	2	1	0	0	\u2014	30	10\n
1995\u201396\n	La Liga\n	40	19	2	1	8	6	2^[c]	0	52	26\n
1996\u201397\n	La Liga\n	42	21	5	1	\u2014	\u2014	47	22\n
1997\u201398\n	La Liga\n	35	10	1	0	11	2	3^[c]	0	49	13\n
1998\u201399\n	La Liga\n	37	25	2	0	8	3	2^[d]	1	49	29\n
1999\u20132000\n	La Liga\n	34	17	4	0	15	10	4^[e]	2	57	29\n
2000\u201301\n	La Liga\n	36	24	0	0	12	7	2^[f]	1	50	32\n
2001\u201302\n	La Liga\n	35	14	6	6	12	6	2^[c]	3	55	29\n
2002\u201303\n	La Liga\n	31	16	2	0	12	9	2^[g]	0	47	25\n
2003\u201304\n	La Liga\n	35	11	7	6	9	2	2^[c]	1	53	20\n
2004\u201305\n	La Liga\n	32	9	1	0	10	4	\u2014	43	13\n
2005\u201306\n	La Liga\n	26	5	0	0	6	2	\u2014	32	7\n
2006\u201307\n	La Liga\n	35	7	1	0	7	5	\u2014	43	12\n
2007\u201308\n	La Liga\n	37	18	1	0	8	5	2^[c]	0	48	23\n
2008\u201309\n	La Liga\n	37	18	1	3	7	3	2^[c]	0	47	24\n
2009\u201310\n	La Liga\n	30	5	2	0	7	2	\u2014	39	7\n
Total\n	550	228	37	18	132	66	22	11	741	323\n
Schalke 04\n	2010\u201311\n	Bundesliga\n	34	13	4	1	12	5	1^[h]	0	51	19\n
2011\u201312\n	Bundesliga\n	32	15	3	2	11^[i]	4	1^[h]	0	47	21\n
Total\n	66	28	7	3	23	9	2	0	98	40\n
Al Sadd\n	2012\u201313\n	Qatar Stars League\n	22	9	12	3	0	0	\u2014	34	12\n
2013\u201314\n	Qatar Stars League\n	17	2	5	2	5^[j]	0	\u2014	27	4\n
Total\n	39	11	17	5	5	0	\u2014	61	16\n
New York Cosmos\n	2015\n	NASL\n	28	8	2	0	\u2014	2	1	32	9\n
Career total\n	693	291	63	26	160	75	26	12	942	404\n

National team\n	Year\n	Apps\n	Goals\n
Spain\n	1996	4	1\n
1997	6	0\n
1998	10	4\n
1999	9	10\n
2000	11	3\n
2001	9	5\n
2002	9	6\n
2003	10	8\n
2004	13	3\n
2005	12	2\n
2006	9	2\n
Total	102	44\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n	Ref\n
G\n	W\n	D\n	L\n	GF\n	GA\n	GD\n	Win %\n
Real Madrid Castilla\n	20 June 2019\n	Present\n	190\n	75\n	59\n	56\n	288\n	224\n	+64\n	039.47\n	^[104]\n
Real Madrid U19 (caretaker)\n	1 July 2020\n	31 August 2020\n	4\n	4\n	0\n	0\n	11\n	4\n	+7\n	100.00\n	\n
Total\n	194\n	79\n	59\n	56\n	299\n	228\n	+71\n	040.72\n	\u2014\n

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Club career

Youth clubs

Real Madrid

Schalke 04

Al Sadd

New York Cosmos

International career

1998 FIFA World Cup

UEFA Euro 2000

2002 FIFA World Cup

UEFA Euro 2004

2006 FIFA World Cup

Managerial career

Real Madrid U15s

Real Madrid Castilla

Player profile

Style of play

Reception

Media

Personal life

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Manager

Decorations

See also

References

Bibliography

External links

Raúl (footballer)

Raúl (footballer)

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